'Barefoot Books World Atlas Sticker Book' Book Review

I've been searching for a nice atlas - preferably a sticker one so Squidgy can interact with it and put stickers everywhere since Lil C had a sticker animal atlas when we were doing Kindergarten work. And I have to say, "Barefoot Books World Atlas Sticker Book" by Nick Crane and David Dean is PERFECT! I was SO excited to receive it from Barefoot Books!

The book begins with an overview of the earth, showing the continents and oceans. On this page children can place transportation stickers as well as footprint and compass stickers to show where they have been and where they would like to travel.

Then the book moves on to the oceans of the world. This is different from many children's atlases where the oceans are really only focused on where they meet land.

From there, we move to land masses. The book tackles the continents in sections so each area of larger continents can be highlighted. For example, there are pages for Southeast Asia, East Asia, North and Central Asia, South Asia, and Southwest Asia. I was very excited when I turned to the Europe page and found that Ukraine - where both sets of my grandparents grew up - had not just one but four stickers! Growing up, almost no one had heard of Ukraine even though it is about the size of Texas and sits right between Poland and Russia. I'm sure much of the reason for that was Ukraine was part of the USSR until I was 9. But anyway, I digress. My point is, this atlas really tries to highlight as many countries as possible and seems to blend facts about famous landmarks and cultures with those about lesser known ones. There are so many little facts to read and I guarantee everyone will learn something new!

The stickers are nicely organized by page number and can be pulled out of the book so you don't have to keep flipping back and forth. We have not started placing any of the stickers, but the description says the stickers are reusable.

Finally, at the very back of the book is a pocket with a fold out map of the world which includes every sticker image in the atlas! 

I absolutely see us using this atlas all the time as our unit studies take us around the world! It would also be a wonderful resource to use along with our Global Explorers series!